April 14, 2017

"Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday pulled back from a vow to place his country's flag on an island in the South China Sea.

'Because of our friendship with China and because we value your friendship I will not go there to raise the Philippine flag,' he told about 2,000 Filipinos during an official visit to Saudi Arabia.

'I will not go to any of the islands. Maybe I will send my son, just to show that our claim is clearly good for all generations of Filipinos,' he said to applause."

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